The wise. * 1.1
It were no great wonder for God to confound a fool by a wise man. It were strange to confound one wise man by another. It were stranger to con∣found one fool by another. But it is strangest of all to confound a wise man by a fool. In the former, men have some share in the commendation: in the latter all the praise must needs be Gods. For there is nothing in fools to procure it, but there is much in wise men to hinder it. Thus God takes the wise in their subtilty, and robs the proud of all their glory.
Thus then hath God chosen the foolish rather then the wise. But he hath refused the mighty as well as the prudent.
Whom hath he chosen in their room?